Dark Side of Sunset Pointe Street Team

They Still Call Me Sister Street Team

Tricia O'Malley

Sacrifice

Marilyn Holdsworth

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Beloved author pronounced dead after vanishing during an attempt to hang-glide across the Bermuda Triangle. Her body was never recovered. She was 115.

Location and life experiences can really influence writing, tell us where you grew up and where you now live?

Being part of a military family, I grew up traveling from place to place. I was born in the Alabama, but I have no recollection of it as we moved before I turned one. From there, we moved to Virginia, then to Florida, before moving overseas to Italy. After Italy came Germany and after Germany came Turkey. From Turkey, we moved to another part of Germany, where we stayed until I was 14. Then it was back to the United States, for a brief stop in Florida and then an equally brief stint in Nevada, after which we moved to yet another part of Germany. I returned to the States when I started college, but by then, Germany started to feel most like home to me, so it wasn’t long before I found a way to continue my studies there. I moved back to Florida to complete my degree and then moved to Virginia, where I live now.

What other jobs have you had in your life?

More than I care to recall. I have been a restaurant hostess, a vault cashier, a bagel-maker, a pet store clerk, a book seller, a bar back, a barista, an overnight stocker, a ticket-taker at a comedy club, a caricature artist, a face-painter, a shopkeeper for a jewelry/antiques dealer, a lingerie store attendant, a curatorial assistant for a natural history museum, a clothier for upscale menswear, and a banker.

If you could study any subject at university what would you pick?

I studied Anthropology when I went to college, but if I was to pick another subject, I would pick Graphic design and Digital illustration. Next to writing, drawing is one of my favorite pastimes. I would love the chance to hone my skills further as an artist.

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

There are so many places in the world I’d love to live, but nowhere is as dear to my heart as Germany.

How do you write – lap top, pen, paper, in bed, at a desk?

All of the above. I always have a blank journal on hand so I can write whenever inspiration strikes. I then use my journal for reference when I’m sitting at the computer, working on the actual manuscript. Generally, when I’m working on my laptop, I will sit at the coffee table I have converted into a desk, but I’m just as content working from the bed or on the couch.

Do you plan to publish more books?

Of course! Fall of the Forgotten is only book one of a trilogy. I’m working on the second right now.